SUMMARY: Confidential IT Project Manager with extensive experience in mission-critical business application development projects and multimillion-dollar technical initiatives for a major Pharmaceutical company and a Fortune 500 Financial Institution. I have a 20 year proven track record of innovative IT strategies, software products, and implementation plans that sustain appropriate risk profile while promoting flexibility and growth.

Experience:

Confidential

• Infrastructure Project Manager in a strong matrix organizational structured PMO environment.
• Defined and initiated projects:
  • Created Project Charters, project plans and initial cost estimates.
  • Used PPM Project and Portfolio Management to manage the cost, schedule, and performance of projects lasting over 6 months with budgets in excess of 250,000.
  • Produced project status reports for all levels of shareholders, managed the team and resolved day-to-day issues with emphasis on SDLC.
• Utilized BMC Remedy Change Management Application to schedule the implementation of the projects in the Development, QA Production environments.
  • Coordination of all implementation tasks involving third party vendors.
• Implemented the following initiatives:
  • Consolidated the end user UNIX password maintenance across disparate landscapes with the utilization of the Active Directory under Centrify.
  • Upgraded the automated data backup process on 3,500 Sales Force workstations by replacing BnR with Druva.
  • Enforced the integration and automation of business processes to a single point of control using Control-M.
  • Initiated multiple data migrations that conformed to Forest's outside vendor transmission policy MoveIt
    • Forest acted as the intermediary transmitting Healthcare provided information between 2 outside vendors.
    • The transfer of large amounts of Clinical Trial data.
    • The transfer of raw data and then receiving Quarterly and Monthly Compensation sales reports.
  • The three upgrades to the QlikView application business intelligence software .
  • The upgrade to Quality Center software quality assurance, and test management and business process testing for IT and application environments .

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• Managed IT Risk and Compliance:
• Acted as the departmental liaison with external and internal auditors enabling the department to pass its annual SAS70 audits, Controlled Self Assessments CSA and monthly Sarbanes Oxley SOX testing.
• Audited and Maintained department Data Security and Application Access for Production, QA and Test environments.
• Configuration Management:
  • Monitored and Audited all system implementation documentation ensuring all testing and signoffs were completed.
  • Maintained all implementation templates and approval groups used in installing all application infrastructure and code upgrades.
• Improved and Refined Services to Reduce Costs:
• Implemented a monthly review policy for datasets saving 500,000 per annum in storage charges.
• Transitioned antiquated and unstable file transmission platform to corporate standard platform saving business 2,000,000 in expenses and providing effective efficient IT operational services.
• Leveraged interpersonal communication skills in improving Inter-departmental Relationships as a key resource in implementing successful all Cross Application Impact events:
• Two datacenter relocations
• The quarterly Site Outage testing
• The annual application Disaster Recovery testing and Pandemic Response planning.
• Implemented technical hardware upgrade involving 100 PCs for Securities Lending.

Project Compliance Manager

Confidential

• Managed the interface between a Distributed Front End Trade Entry system and the existing Legacy Mainframe Backend Office applications.
• Assured all on-line programs complied with the area's programming standards and protocols.
• Created file transfer interface protocols between the Distributive and the Mainframe applications.
• Designed and implemented daily pricing feeds utilizing Chase's central depository and eventually adding additional pricing feeds from Bloomberg.

Project Manager

Confidential

• Decommissioned Domestic Custody System 'TITAN1' replacing its functionality with two new applications 'Master Notes Pool Funds and Plan Sub Accounting' utilizing DB2 database that allocated and reported contributions, fees and earnings among different investment plans for the company's ERISA accounts.
• Implemented the Funds Transfer system that maximized the nightly investments for accounts that were in parent/child relationships.
• Managed team of 5 programmers from project inception through production implementation.
• Designed all user interfaces, as well as internal and client reports.
• Prepared all Business Requirement Documents, and Functional Specification Documents
• Supported all QA testing activities.
• Supported DBAs in their design of DB2 database.
• Coordinated user training sessions for new system.
• Coordinated migration of accounts from old system to new application.

Employed Technologies:

• Data Stores , Data Transfer, Software and Platforms: DB2, IDMS, VSAM, MQ Series, FTP, NDM, COBOL, JCL, ENDEVOR, XPEDITER, INTERTEST, FILEAID, MVS, CICS, ECMS, EURC, EIDRS, RACF, CA7
• Documentation: JIRA, Test Director/Quality Center, Outlook, PPM, HP Remedy, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Word

KEY WORDS:

SDLC / Resource Management / Risk Management / Change Management / Process Engineering / Data Security / Issue Tracking, Reporting and Resolution / Application Design / Disaster Recovery / Audit Compliance / Business Continuity / Business Analysis and Design / Quality Assurance Planning / Staff Appraisal and Development / Mentoring / Team Building